Course Name/Title
Supply chain management
Program
(e.g. MBA or Ph.D.)
Required or elective
Instructor(s) Name and email
address
M
E
Richard_metters@bus.emory.edu
Number of Class sessions in
course
Duration of each class (minutes)
Typical number of students
30
enrolled in recent course
offerings.
Textbook Used
None
Misc. Instructor comments
about course
Please attach digital file (Microsoft Word or Excel) of recent course outline showing
Title/Topic of each class and teaching material used.
9/7
Course Introduction
Part 1: Inventory and Information Within a Firm
Capacity and lead times
Introduction to Littlefield Technologies
Optional reading distributed in class.
9/14
Inventory – Independent demand
Inventory game
Reading: Chapter 10 (Inventory Management) from “Logistics: An Introduction
to Supply Chain Management” by Waters, available on e-reserve and handed
out in class on 9/7.
Start round 1: Littlefield Technologies
9/21
Inventory – (probably more) Independent demand
Inventory – Dependent demand: Material Requirements Planning
Reading: pp. 167-177 from “Logistics: An Introduction to Supply Chain
Management” by Waters, available on e-reserve.
9/27
No class
Round 1: Littlefield Technologies write-up due.
9/28
Master Production Scheduling Game
Cost of uncoordinated supply chains (preview): learning curves
Start round 2: Littlefield Technologies
10/5
Just-In-Time systems
Reading: Does Manufacturing Need a JIT Revolution?
Just-In-Time case study: Toyota Motor Manufacturing, USA, Inc. 9-693-019
10/12 (No class – Fall break)
Group Littlefield Technologies assignment due
10/19 Mid-term exam
Part 2: The Benefits of Cooperative Supply Chains
Reading: What is the Right Supply Chain for Your Product?
Reading: HBS note Aligning Incentives in Supply Chains 9-600-110
10/26 Costs of Uncoordinated Supply Chains:
Supply Chain Close-up: The Video Vault 9-102-070
Specific topics: double marginalization; revenue sharing; markdown money;
joint inventory ordering
Optional reading: Chopra and Meindl, pp.258-264, available on e-reserve.
Syncra Systems 9-601-035
11/2
Strategic supply chain alliances
Laura Ashley and Federal Express Strategic Alliance 9-693-050
Guest Speaker: Sean Flaherty, Marketing Manager, UPS Supply Chain Services
11/9
High variety, quick response supply chains
Guest Speaker: Allen Podratsky, SVP Product Development and Supply Chain
Management, Simmons Company
JIT II: Bose Corporation: The JIT II Program (A) 9-694-001
11/16 Green supply chains: Guest Speaker Jim Hartzfeld, VP – Sustainable
Business
Strategy, Interface Research Corp.
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (A) (Not available on study.net)
Part 3: International Issues
11/23 Forecasting: Sport Obermeyer, Ltd. 9-695-022
Cost analysis in international Sourcing: Emerson Electric Company
APC Division: The Fan Subpack Sourcing Decision (Darden) UVA-OM-0631
11/30 Supply Chain Ethics: Levi Strauss & Co.: Global Sourcing 9-395-127
Product Design: HP Deskjet Printer (Stanford) SBSCMF-002-2001
Final Exam